How to format your references using the Behaviour Research and Therapy citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Behaviour Research and Therapy. For a complete guide how to prepare your manuscript refer to the journal's instructions to authors.

Using reference management software

Typically you don't format your citations and bibliography by hand. The easiest way is to use a reference manager:

Paperpile	The citation style is built in and you can choose it in Settings > Citation Style or Paperpile > Citation Style in Google Docs.
EndNote	Download the output style file
Mendeley, Zotero, Papers, and others	The style is either built in or you can download a CSL file that is supported by most reference managers.
BibTeX	BibTeX styles are usually part of a LaTeX template. Check the instructions to authors if the publisher offers a LaTeX template for this journal.

Journal articles

Those examples are references to articles in scholarly journals and how they are supposed to appear in your bibliography.

Not all journals organize their published articles in volumes and issues, so these fields are optional. Some electronic journals do not provide a page range, but instead list an article identifier. In a case like this it's safe to use the article identifier instead of the page range.

A journal article with 1 author

Ruiz, J. (2014). The early heat loss evolution of Mars and their implications for internal and environmental history. Scientific Reports, 4, 4338.

A journal article with 2 authors

Markus, M. B., & Fincham, J. E. (2000). Mbeki and AIDS in Africa. Science (New York, N.Y.), 288(5474), 2131d.

A journal article with 3 authors

Gu, C., Jan, Y. N., & Jan, L. Y. (2003). A conserved domain in axonal targeting of Kv1 (Shaker) voltage-gated potassium channels. Science (New York, N.Y.), 301(5633), 646–649.

A journal article with 21 or more authors

Panganiban, B., Qiao, B., Jiang, T., DelRe, C., Obadia, M. M., Nguyen, T. D., Smith, A. A. A., Hall, A., Sit, I., Crosby, M. G., Dennis, P. B., Drockenmuller, E., Olvera de la Cruz, M., & Xu, T. (2018). Random heteropolymers preserve protein function in foreign environments. Science (New York, N.Y.), 359(6381), 1239–1243.

Books and book chapters

Here are examples of references for authored and edited books as well as book chapters.

An authored book

Tatham, M., & Morton, K. (2006). Developments in Speech Synthesis. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

An edited book

Hankin, C., & Siveroni, I. (Eds.). (2005). Static Analysis: 12th International Symposium, SAS 2005, London, UK, September 7-9, 2005. Proceedings (Vol. 3672). Springer.

A chapter in an edited book

Batko, B., & Brzdȩk, J. (2014). A Remark on Some Simultaneous Functional Inequalities in Riesz Spaces. In T. M. Rassias & L. Tóth (Eds.), Topics in Mathematical Analysis and Applications (pp. 111–117). Springer International Publishing.

Web sites

Sometimes references to web sites should appear directly in the text rather than in the bibliography. Refer to the Instructions to authors for Behaviour Research and Therapy.

Blog post

Andrew, E. (2015, July 22). Scientists Reveal What The Perfect Penis Looks Like. IFLScience. IFLScience.

Reports

This example shows the general structure used for government reports, technical reports, and scientific reports. If you can't locate the report number then it might be better to cite the report as a book. For reports it is usually not individual people that are credited as authors, but a governmental department or agency like "U. S. Food and Drug Administration" or "National Cancer Institute".

Government report

Government Accountability Office. (2005). Telecommunications: Strong Support for Extending FCC’s Auction Authority Exists, but Little Agreement on Other Options to Improve Efficient Use of Spectrum (GAO-06-236). U.S. Government Printing Office.

Theses and dissertations

Theses including Ph.D. dissertations, Master's theses or Bachelor theses follow the basic format outlined below.

Doctoral dissertation

Watterson, T. (2012). Changes in Attitudes and Behaviors Toward Physical Activity, Nutrition, and Social Support for Middle School Students Using the AFIT App as a Supplement to Instruction in a Physical Education Class [Doctoral dissertation]. University of South Florida.

News paper articles

Unlike scholarly journals, news papers do not usually have a volume and issue number. Instead, the full date and page number is required for a correct reference.

New York Times article

Baker, P., & Shear, M. D. (2017, May 12). Trump Stirs a New Question: Are There Tapes? New York Times, A1.

In-text citations

References should be cited in the text by name and year in parentheses:

This sentence cites one reference (Ruiz, 2014).
This sentence cites two references (Markus & Fincham, 2000; Ruiz, 2014).

Here are examples of in-text citations with multiple authors:

Two authors: (Markus & Fincham, 2000)
Three or more authors: (Panganiban et al., 2018)

About the journal

Full journal title	Behaviour Research and Therapy
Abbreviation	Behav. Res. Ther.
ISSN (print)	0005-7967
Scope	Psychiatry and Mental health Clinical Psychology Experimental and Cognitive Psychology